G/TBT/N/CHL/615  
25 November  2022 
(22-8815) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Agriculture and Livestock Service)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicate d if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, SUBREI  - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Forage 
and grass seeds  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Aprueba texto 
coordinado y sistematizado de las Resoluciones que establecen requisitos fitosanitarios 
de ingreso para semillas forrajeras o césped, actualiza requisitos y tratamient os, y deroga 
Resolución N° 1.011 de 2004 y Resolución N° 909 de 2004  (Approval of the coordinated 
and consolidated text of the Resolutions establishing phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation of forage and grass seeds, updating of requirements and t reatments, and 
repeal of Resolutions No. 1.011 of 2004 and No. 909 of 2004) (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified draft measure is to update the 
phytosanitary requirements for the exportation to Chile of forage and grass seeds . The 
measure was submitted for international consultation through notification 
G/SPS/N/CHL/737 under the WTO SPS Committee.  
Paragraphs 6, 7, 9 and 10 of this measure include aspects related to packaging materials, 
quality and requirements on ge netically modified materials, which are being submitted 
for consultation under the WTO TBT Committee.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Organic Law No. 18.75 5 of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG)  G/TBT/N/CHL/615  
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  • Decree -Law No. 3.557 of 1980 of the Ministry of Agriculture on agricultural 
protection  
• Decree -Law No. 1.764 of 1977 setting standards for research, production and 
trade in seeds, and its implementing regulations  
• Decree No. 510 of 2016 of the Ministry of Agriculture authorizing ports to allow 
the importation of goods subject to review by SAG  
• SAG Resolutions Nos. 1.465/1981, 1.52 3/2001, 3.080/2003, 3.139/2003, 
3.815/2003, 1.011/2004, 909/2004, 7.675/2016, 1.284/2021 and 2.449/2022  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : 30 days from the date of publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5491  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.sag.gob.cl/sites/default/files/Res_semillas_cesped_y_forrajeras_CP_y_OM
C_0.PDF  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHL/22_8061_00_s.pdf